Kangirsuk Airport

CYAS · Canada

Climate Kangirsuk Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kangirsuk Airport (CYAS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.0 59 76 76 52 66
February 70.6 56 68 74 69 78
March 65.0 47 59 59 66 79
April 60.2 48 58 57 43 58
May 49.8 38 43 57 54 35
June 67.2 40 80 89 55 69
July 69.4 70 49 58 65 73
August 60.0 100 63 57 64
September 51.6 52 55 50 40
October 47.4 44 29 50 57
November 61.0 41 65 52 75
December 55.0 33 53 67 56
Average 59.7 50.4 57.2 62.5 55.5 62.7

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.3 69 84 85 79 75
February 81.7 71 80 82 80 87
March 76.7 63 71 74 80 93
April 77.6 70 67 76 63 82
May 78.8 55 86 80 79 81
June 86.0 60 99 94 90 88
July 83.8 81 67 61 93 83
August 80.8 100 86 83 74
September 80.9 81 89 80 72
October 76.2 74 62 75 80
November 79.4 71 80 77 89
December 71.6 47 66 78 79
Average 78.7 66.2 77.8 79.0 79.0 81.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -22.6 -20 -23 -26 -12 -22
February -24.5 -22 -29 -26 -18 -24
March -15.1 -13 -13 -16 -17 -16
April -8.4 -6 -7 -8 -4 -8
May 0.3 0 1 0 1 -1
June 7.6 6 10 11 6 7
July 13.5 12 13 12 13 16
August 12.7 19 13 12 15
September 7.0 6 11 7 6
October 1.4 3 2 4 0
November -8.8 -5 -7 -5 -8
December -13.2 -10 -10 -12 -14
Average -5.1 -8.3 -6.2 -5.2 -2.1 -5.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -25.2 -22 -25 -29 -17 -26
February -28.9 -26 -33 -30 -21 -27
March -20.6 -15 -17 -19 -22 -21
April -13.9 -10 -11 -12 -8 -12
May -3.2 -2 -2 -3 -1 -3
June 3.4 3 5 6 2 3
July 8.6 8 9 6 9 11
August 8.0 11 8 8 10
September 3.4 2 7 3 3
October -2.9 0 0 1 -2
November -10.3 -8 -9 -7 -11
December -16.0 -13 -14 -15 -17
Average -9.4 -11.0 -10.7 -9.4 -6.3 -8.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.2 76 48 70 53 60
February 58.8 69 49 67 53 55
March 54.3 81 42 52 46 57
April 43.1 52 44 44 28 52
May 27.6 27 29 30 20 33
June 13.6 13 0 7 12 22
July 16.7 30 18 19 18 19
August 22.0 3 28 16 17
September 27.6 11 18 34 46
October 27.4 23 32 10 35
November 50.3 32 47 56 51
December 55.2 33 45 57 71
Average 38.1 52.5 28.8 38.4 31.5 41.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.8 16 12 12 11 14
February 12.8 13 13 14 13 12
March 13.6 15 13 14 12 15
April 13.3 12 11 14 11 16
May 13.9 16 16 15 14 14
June 13.7 15 10 13 16 13
July 12.9 16 11 13 14 11
August 13.9 7 14 16 12
September 12.7 11 11 14 11
October 13.7 16 17 13 13
November 13.4 14 15 13 15
December 13.3 10 13 15 15
Average 13.4 14.8 12.3 13.9 13.4 13.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 290° 282° 279° 300° 287°
February 291° 293° 275° 276° 287°
March 019° 009° 290° 316° 282°
April 341° 012° 343° 029° 007°
May 039° 329° 004° 016° 332°
June 018° 029° 059° 329° 023°
July 018° 295° 043° 302° 001°
August 120° 288° 267° 008°
September 281° 246° 050° 054°
October 351° 301° 028° 280°
November 286° 316° 013° 290°
December 304° 017° 304° 252°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.